IMBALANCE BETWEEN THYROID HORMONES AND THE DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM MIGHT BE CENTRAL TO THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME: A HYPOTHESIS

Imbalance between thyroid hormones and the dopaminergic system might be central to the pathophysiology of restless legs syndrome: a hypothesis

Data collected from medical literature indicate that dopaminergic agonists alleviate Restless Legs Syndrome symptoms while dopaminergic agonists antagonists aggravate them.Dopaminergic agonists is a physiological regulator of thyroid-stimulating hormone.Dopaminergic agonists infusion diminishes the levels of thyroid hormones, which have the ability

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Do social inequalities in health widen or converge with age? Longitudinal evidence from three cohorts in the West of Scotland

Abstract Background Existing studies are divided as to whether social inequalities in health widen or converge as people age.In part this is due to reliance on cross-sectional data, but also among longitudinal studies to differences in the measurement of both socioeconomic status (SES) and health and in the treatment of survival effects.The aim of

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Basic Research Tools for Earthworm Ecology

Earthworms are responsible for soil development, recycling organic matter and form a vital component within many food webs.For these and other reasons earthworms are worthy of investigation.Many technologically-enhanced Sweatpants approaches have been used within earthworm-focused research.These have their place, may be a development of existing pr

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